Saturday, March 16, 2013

Life of Pi

Actors:  Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adul Hussain, Tabu, Rafe Spall
Rating:  9 out of 10, I wasn’t sure about this film going in but boy was I wrong.  This was a truly fantastic voyage as we share the desperate survival of an Indian boy shipwrecked in a lifeboat with a full sized Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.  I liked the definitely foreign flavor of the story telling which was still effective and the sly humor injected throughout made the pain the boy was going through tolerable.  There are too many sit up and be shocked moments to chronicle.  This was a really great movie experience with stunning special effects.  This is the perfect type of film for Ang Lee where his artistic bent can be fully expressed.  There are some scenes that just inspire awe for their clarity and spectacular vision.  This film has so many levels, especially the ending five minutes where we all have to make the same decision as the writer and the Japanese insurance investigators. 
MVP:  Sharma was truly remarkable as the lead character Pi

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